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If new leaks about Apple’s work are to be believed then we could witness the company’s most different iPhone to date in 2016. It is being said that three amazing changes are already in the to-do list for the iPhone 7. The three features are set to take competition to another level.

Disney researchers have done remarkable job by engineering a small, four-wheeled robot with the uncanny ability to climb up walls. The robot, VertiGo, has been created in collaboration with researchers from the Disney Research Zurich and the university ETH Zurich. The interesting feature of the robot is that it can climb up and continue moving at a surprisingly brisk pace. Another important feature of the newly developed robot is that it can travel through urban and indoor environments and can move quickly on the walls.

Google has filed documents of a new Google Glass with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s Office of Engineering and Technology. The documents include photo of a prism-equipped eyewear arm and a four-page ‘Quick Start’ user manual for the device.

The manual shows that some changes have been made by the company in comparison to its earlier version of Google Glass. Main change is it is meant for enterprise use. The changes include a larger viewing prism and a power button located on back of the device.

It is believed that Apple is working on a secret automotive project known as ‘Project Titan’ at a hidden lab named ‘SG5’ near in Sunnyvale, Calif. The electric vehicle is planned to be launched in few years. The project is expected to be having involvement of 1,800 personnel in development phase.

Apple is working on the project under the cover of a shell company named ‘SixtyEight Research’. Though it is said that the company has target shipping date of 2019, as per the rumors, the first-generation model would not be a self-driving vehicle.

In comparison to other hoverboard, the new ArcaBoard is considered to be the real hoverboard. The board has the ability to lift a person weighing up to 243 pounds for three minutes and another version that can lift 176 pounds can be in the air for six minutes.

World is smaller than it has ever been. Thanks to planes, trains, automobiles, and sometimes, our feet, humans travel vast distances to grow their businesses, enjoy time off, build new lives, and, as we've seen in the Middle East this year, escape turmoil. A new patent from Ford could transform your car into a unicycle. The patent set forward few weeks ago reveals a rather unorthodox alternative to throwing a bicycle in your trunk. The patent describes how the back wheel of your car could quickly transform into a self-balancing electric unicycle.

Samsung wants to focus on its smart home offerings therefore it has announced all its smart televisions from 2016 will be Internet of Things (IoT) compatible. It means that all of the Samsung’s smart TVs will be used for controlling IoT devices in the home from 2016, including connected lights, sound and security.

The company’s IoT platform is known as SmartThings. When users will connect with this platform then Samsung’s 2016 SUHD TVs will allow the users to manage as well as control all smart devices in the home, including lights, locks, thermostats, surround sound systems.

Infidelity dating site Ashley Madison has claimed a continuous rise in the number of members even though the site was notoriously hacked during the summer of 2015. When the site was hacked, the members associated with the site were 39 million. However, at present this number has crossed the mark of 43 million, as per the rolling count that appears on the website’s homepage.

Samsung will launch its payment system, Samsung Pay for US consumers in 2016 for online shopping, according to a statement issued by the South Korean Electronics giant. Select models of Samsung smartphones support Samsung Pay and next year, consumers in United States will be able to make payments using their smartphones. Samsung Pay was first launched in South Korea and only high-end Samsung mobile phones offer support for Samsung’s electronic payment system.

Microsoft and Sony are preparing to soon launch their next generation gaming consoles. Both the companies aim to equip their successor consoles with super advanced technologies. If rumors are to be believed, both Xbox and PlayStation will be disc-less and VR-enabled.